Can I have a base class where each derived class has its own copy of a static property?

Question

I have something like the following situation below:

class Base
{
     public static int x;
     public int myMethod()
     {
          x += 5;
          ret         


        

Answer 1

You will need to redefine and hide the field and method in all derived types.

Example:

class DerivedA : Base
{
  public new static int x;
  public new int myMethod()
  {
    x += 5;
    return x;
  }
}

Note: don't do it this way. Fix your design.

Edit:

Actually, I have a similar construct. I solve it with an abstract (if you need a default value, use virtual) property which then gets used from the base class:

public abstract class Base
{
   public abstract string Name { get; }

   public void Refresh()
   {
     //do something with Name
   }
}

public class DerivedA
{
  public override string Name { get { return "Overview"; } }
}

You should be able to adjust that for your use case. You can of course make the property protected if only deriving classes should be able to see it.